Re: Accented Characters - How to type from standard keyboard?

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Subject: Re: Accented Characters - How to type from standard keyboard?
From: Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi>
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:52:14 +0200
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In-reply-to: <[🔎] 20120128204027.d08ac934.klappnase@freenet.de> (Michael Lange's message of "Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:40:27 +0100")
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[ 2012-01-28 20:40:27 +0100 ] "Michael Lange" wrote:

> You can even setup custom key combinations in case you can locate the
> correct file for that; here I have a file ~/.XCompose, but changes to
> this file are ignored by gtk apps , and xterm and friends seem to be
> unable to handle certain characters.

GTK applications use their custom input method by default but it can be
changed to X Input Method. Then Compose key will work:

    $ export GTK_IM_MODULE=xim

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- Accented Characters - How to type from standard keyboard?
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